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Foundation date 1 january 1997
Axiom Films is an international film distributor and producer based in London.
Founded in 1997 by producer Douglas Cummins and partner Rocio Freire-Bernat, Axiom specialises in independent and world cinema, as well as documentary, filmed opera and dance.
Notable films under Axiom ownership include Half Nelson, for which actor Ryan Gosling was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 2007 Academy Awards, In a Better World, which won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Academy Awards and the majority of Wim Wender’s feature and documentary films.
Axiom is owned by UKI Investments and founders Douglas Cummins and Rocio Freire-Bernat, who also retain a controlling interest and act as managing director and director of acquisitions respectively. UKI is one of the largest privately owned investment companies in the United Kingdom, with interests in real estate, mining, agriculture, financial services and technology across a broad geographical footprint. Axiom distributes an average 10 theatrical releases and 20 DVD films each year, as well as online and digitally through LoveFilm, iTunes and FilmFlex.
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(1984)Filmography of Axiom Films (50 films)
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White Elephant (2012)
, 2hDirected by Pablo Trapero
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Ricardo Darín, Jérémie Rénier, Martina Gusmán
Two priests, the old veteran Father Julián and his new younger Belgian colleague, Father Nicolás, and the social worker Luciana, work in a slum area of Buenos Aires, Argentina known as Ciudad Oculta. Together they fight to resolve the issues of the neighborhood’s society. Their work will have them face the clerical hierarchy, the organized crime and the repression, risking their lives defending their commitment and loyalty towards the people of the neighbourhood.
Dark Horse (2012)
, 1h26Directed by Todd Solondz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, Justin Bartha, Aasif Mandvi
Abe (Jordan Gelber), a man in his thirties who suffers from arrested development, meets suicidal Miranda (Selma Blair) who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career and a divorce. While waiting outside Miranda's house for their first date Marie (his secretary) runs up and tells him to give up the girl, he has no shot but then he wakes with a start revealing it was a dream.
Side by Side (2012)
, 1h38Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors James Cameron, David Fincher, John Malkovich, Danny Boyle, David Lynch, Robert Rodríguez
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital.
Mammuth (2010)
, 1h32Directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Oren Moverman
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Road movies
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani, Miss Ming, Benoît Poelvoorde, Philippe Nahon
Serge Pilardosse (Depardieu), retires from the job he has held for many years, as a slaughterhouse worker in Lyon. His colleagues throw him an impromptu party and give him a gift, which he doesn't like. Once home, he becomes all too quickly restless and realizes that being retired is kind of boring, as he has nothing to do. Eventually his wife convinces him to go and see about claiming a pension.
In a Better World (2010)
, 1h53Directed by Susanne Bier, Anders-Thomas Jensen
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes L'adolescence, Films set in Africa, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Kim Bodnia, Wil Johnson, Anette Støvelbæk
Anton (Mikael Persbrandt) is a Swedish doctor who commutes between his home in Denmark and his work in a Sudanese refugee camp. In Sudan, he often treats female patients who are the victims of a sadistic warlord. Anton is married to Marianne (Trine Dyrholm), but they are separated, and struggling with the possibility of divorce over an affair that Anton had with another woman. They have two young sons, the older one being 12-year-old Elias (Markus Rygaard).
My Dog Tulip (2010)
, 1h23Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Gerety, Brian Murray, Paul Hecht
Carancho (2010)
, 1h47Directed by Pablo Trapero
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusmán, Pablo Trapero
Sosa is a lawyer recently expelled from the bar association who works as an ambulance chaser - known as "carancho" in Argentina - touring the emergency departments of the public hospitals and the police stations, in search of potential clients for his barely legal law firm. One night he meets Luján, a young doctor recently arrived from the provinces trying to get an internship as a surgeon. The two start a romantic relationship that is threatened when Sosa breaks his bond with his corrupt boss. When Sosa is about to get back his attorney registration, and while making amends for his bad deeds, he and Luján are attacked by former partners of the firm, initiating an escalation of violence.
Cold Weather (2010)
Directed by Aaron Katz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Cris Lankenau, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Raúl Castillo
The film, set in Portland, opens with Doug (Cris Lankenau) moving in with his sister, Gail (Trieste Kelly Dunn). Doug has recently moved from Chicago, where he was studying forensic science and lived with now ex-girlfriend Rachel (Robyn Rikoon). After getting a job at an ice factory, he befriends Carlos (Raúl Castillo), a co-worker who also DJs on the side. Rachel arrives in Portland to train at the home office of the Chicago law firm where she is employed, but suddenly disappears, leaving a trail of intriguing clues. Doug, Gail and Carlos begin investigating her whereabouts.
The Sea Wall (2009)
, 1h57Directed by Rithy Panh
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Gaspard Ulliel, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Stéphane Rideau, Randal Douc, Vincent Grass
En Indochine française, au début des années 1930, une veuve, madame Dufresne, s’évertue à reconstruire des barrages pour protéger ses rizières des typhons de la mer de Chine tandis que ses enfants Joseph et Suzanne ne songent qu’à quitter leur misérable existence et le bungalow familial implanté au beau milieu de plaines marécageuses insalubres pour tenter de trouver une vie meilleure à la ville.
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
, 1h41Directed by Stéphane Brizé
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Aure Atika, Jean-Marc Thibault, Bruno Lochet, Michelle Goddet
Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops and their lives begin gradually to unravel.
Goodbye Solo (2009)
, 1h31Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about suicide, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Souleymane Sy Savane, Red West
Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, is working to provide a better life for his young family in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. William, an old man with a lifetime of regrets, hires Solo to take him to Blowing Rock, a peak in which updrafts cause objects that are dropped from it to fly upwards. William does not ask for a ride back from the rock and is obviously depressed, so Solo assumes that the old man intends to commit suicide there. Solo befriends William, in hopes of talking him out of ending his life. He introduces William to his wife and his stepdaughter Alex, hoping to inspire the old man with the joys of life.
To the Adventure (2009)
, 1h30Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, Dorothée Sebbagh
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jocelyn Quivrin, Arnaud Binard, Lise Bellynck, Étienne Chicot, Carole Brana, Estelle Galarme
Sandrine, a young businesswoman, becomes dissatisfied with her ordinary life. She quits her job and leaves her boyfriend to embark on a number of erotic and bizarre adventures in hope of finding authenticity.
Undertow (2009)
, 1h42Directed by Javier Fuentes-León
Origin Perou
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona
Miguel (Cristian Mercado) is a young fisherman of Cabo Blanco, a small village in northern Peru with specific traditions regarding death. He is married to Mariela (Tatiana Astengo), who is pregnant with their first son, but he also has a secret affair with a male painter called Santiago (Manolo Cardona).
About Elly (2009)
, 1h59Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Actors Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Allidousti, Shahab Hosseini, Mani Haghighi, Merila Zarei, Peymân Maâdi
A group of middle-class Iranian friends travels to the shores of the Caspian Sea on a three-day vacation. They are former classmates at the law faculty of the university. There are three couples: Sepideh and her husband Amir, who have a young daughter; Shohreh and her husband Peyman, who have two young children, including a son, Arash; and Lastly, Nazy and her husband Manuchehr. The trip is planned by Sepideh, who brings along her daughter's kindergarten teacher, Elly, in order to introduce her to Ahmad, a divorced friend, visiting from Germany.
Easier with Practice (2009)
Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Brian Geraghty, Marguerite Moreau, Katie Aselton, Eugene Byrd
Davy Mitchell is an introverted writer struggling on tour to promote his unpublished short stories. His lonely nights heat up when Davy receives a seemingly random phone call from a woman named Nicole. The sultry stranger seduces him into an intense session of phone sex, sparking an erotic and intimate relationship that is based entirely around the phone calls that she initiates. Davy wants to make it work, but he becomes frustrated when she refuses to give out her number. Fed up with her games, he determines to meet Nicole in person. That is, if she ever calls again…